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DAZED's 20 anticipated albums of 2015
I picked out a select few from their list, the full list is here.
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CL – TBC
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As the leader of K-pop girl group 2NE1, CL is the self-declared ‘baddest female’ of the country's music scene, and this year she'll make a play for the Western music market. And she's not playing around, having enlisted mega-manager Scooter Braun to help launch her solo debut. “I want to have something personal for me,' she told Billboard. "With 2NE1... it's about all the members. But I have so many things I want to say. I have this other side of me.” With her fierce stage presence and eye-popping visuals, expect an electrifying debut.
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A$AP Rocky – TBC
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When our favourite A$AP dropped the rigorous, shade-throwing “Multiply” in October, the rumour mill went into overdrove that his long anticipated album was round the corner, but now it looks like Rocky's aiming for a spring release. “We’re really tryin’ to smash y’all mutha****as in 2015, man,” Rocky has said. “I ain’t been having this much fun in a while. With this type of energy being invested into my music, the possibilities are endless. It’s like old times…I feel reckless again. Be ready.” We are.
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FRANK OCEAN – TBC
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Frank Ocean’s languid, seductive tones and seamless merging of soulful storytelling, R&B melodies and hip hop beats has earned him a reputation as a pop pioneer. It’s been almost three years since his acclaimed debut album Channel Orange and frankly, we’re ready for another one. “I might skip on Coachella to stay in the groove and finish this bitch,” he announced on Tumblr last spring in a now-deleted post. And if his recently-debuted demo “Memrise” is any indication, hopefully it won't be too long now.
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DRAKE – VIEWS FROM THE 6
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Drake announced the name of his upcoming album Views from the 6 before he’d stepped foot in the studio, but hopefully 2015 will see the music to match. The heart-talking Canadian released three songs this year – “How Bout Now”, “Heat of the Moment” and “6 God” – after getting his iCloud raided. “That wasn't an EP,” Drake tweeted. “Just 3 songs that I knew some hackers had. But enjoy!” Either way, the trio make for a strong first look at his fourth official studio record.
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BJÖRK – TBC
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With a MoMA retrospective scheduled for spring, the Icelandic artist may well be on the verge of dominating both the art and music worlds this year. And in what is 2015’s most anticipated musical collaboration, our favourite bleeding-edge electronic producer Arca has been working on her ninth studio album. “Rather than “sole producing,” @bjork and I are coproducing music together!” he clarified on Twitter, amidst a fast-moving rumour mill. As leftfield pop's queen of reinvention, it's difficult to predict what the release will sound, look or feel like – but rest assured it'll be like nothing else this year.
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KENDRICK LAMAR – TBC
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"I’m hoping to push (my album) out before 2015," Kendrick Lamar told MTV news in September. Seeing as he didn't pull a Beyoncé-style surprise on us last month, all signs point to it coming soon – very soon. Trailing the release, the Compton-raised rapper released “i” last autumn, an upbeat, funk-swathed party track that samples the Isley Brothers, marking his first solo single since 2012’s Good Kid m.A.A.d City. This was followed by an untitled experimental jazz-riddled number, which he premiered on the Colbert Report last month.
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